This ink is gorgeous. I’m not the biggest fan of blue inks. They’re fine, but I don’t own any blue inks. I think this could be because growing up, I used my mom’s fountain pens, and she always had them filled with only blue ink. Blue ink- everywhere, all the time. So I have been enjoying other colors of ink besides blue. But this beauty has changed all that.

I am still getting to know the world of fountain pens and inks. I have sampled a fair amount of shimmer inks. Some have knocked me out to where I immediately put them on the “full bottle- ASAP!” ink list. Colorverse’s Witch by Starlight, as soon as I tried it, made the list immediately.

At first, Witch By Starlight appears to be a handsome, stately, medium deep blue with a cool gray undertone. Like Diamine’s Astral, it doesn’t show off its glitter right away. As soon as it dries, though, the austerity comes alive with constellations of brilliant blue/silver micro glitter that twinkles on every word.

Witch By Starlight has a lot going on. It has a rich blue purple base. When the ink becomes more translucent, it goes sort of oceanic blue gray. More translucent still, and it is a lovely periwinkle. The sparkles are pretty amazing. They are primarily a bright metallic turquoise. I looked at the glitter through a loupe, because I thought I could see pink, or red. Mixed in with the turquoise is some silver glitter, and a tiny, tiny bit of reddish glitter. Your eye doesn't read "red," but the silver and the minute touch of pink give the glitter a chameleonic quality.

I put Witch By Starlight in a TWSBI Eco with a 1.1 Stub nib, and wrote in my MD Midori Variant notebook. The sparkles showed up beautifully. I’ve had the ink in the pen for over 72 hours. There have been no hard starts, no clogging of the nib, no skipping on the page. This ink contains quite a bit of glitter, so I was pleasantly surprised by this. You do need to periodically roll the pen around to mix the glitter into the ink to keep the sentences sparkly.

In the first two photos, no flash was used. I wish the one photo could have captured how much glitter shows up on the text once the ink has dried. Witch By Starlight is so much more gorgeous in person.

This ink might be a good choice for someone who wants to try out a shimmer ink, but doesn’t want an ink that might be considered lurid, or too much. Even though the ink is sparkly, its main background color is quite elegant. It has a vintage fountain pen ink feel to it. And while it is a shimmer ink, it doesn’t scream “glitter!” at you. It would be a good introductory shimmer ink, or maybe a “stealth” shimmer ink to use at work.

My samples of Witch By Starlight are almost depleted. I am ordering more of this amazing stuff- right now!

I love this ink. A dark grey-blue-purple that is chill enough for a professional setting, but the shimmer is so nice and makes it w little fun. Really nice. This is becoming my daily go-to.

This ink is such a lovely blue with silver shimmer. Works well with an EF nib, but I’m going to change it to a M nib for an even better effect.

This ink performed about the same as the DeA Indian Blue Copper, laid down a stunning amount of sparkle and mesmerizing color in a LAMY AL-Star fitted with a broad nib on Midori MD paper. It did clog the feed after a fill without first flushing. These shimmer inks are beautiful but I think I'll just use them with dip pens or glass nibs. I think samples are overpriced ... 2 ml should cost 1/25 of a 50 ml bottle, not $3.25 for a sample of Emeraude de Chivor. You're making $81 off ONE bottle of $35 ink, which is highway robbery. I guess discretion is not only the better part of valor, but it costs you an arm and a leg.

honestly this is the physical embodiment of my personal aesthetic all wrapped up in a bottle. ink for my dip pen, nighttime & celestial, it's purplish blue, dark in hue, sparkly, and has witch in the name. swatching it was SO satisfying.

This is one of my husbands favorite inks. He currently has it in two of his favorite fountain pens so he can keep one in his office and one in the living room!

I wasn't convinced at first because I wasn't getting the ease of flow I needed. I'm glad I tried again, the result was lovely. And the slightest glitter effect when the light hits seals the deal.

I am absolutely loving this color, and can not wait for it to come back in stock so I can by a larger size. Looks great in a Broad and Medium Pilot FP, I would not go narrower than Medium Nib.

A very nice blue black shimmer ink. If you don't shake up the shimmer, you get nice blue black color with shading. Shake it up to write with shimmer and you get some silver/holo type shimmer. I tested the ink in two same brand nearly identical M nib pens. However one pen writes drier and one writes wetter. The drier writer clogged but was able to put out the most shimmer when writing. The clogs were infrequent but easy to clean. The wetter writer never clogged but did not put out as much shimmer as the drier writer. Overall the ink is not for me but it was a nice sample to try.

this flows great in my Pelikan M nib, and the sparkle is fantastic. It clogs a bit, but a slow roll of the pen will clear it right up!

Great color. Good flow. Recommend.

A nice blue / black with loads of shimmer. Very much like to purchase a bottle when back in stock.